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Parti de la Terre en 1973, un vaisseau spatial américain avec quatre astronautes à son bord atterrit en catastrophe sur une planète inconnue au bout de 18 mois d’un voyage effectué à la vitesse de la lumière. Les 3 hommes rescapés, Taylor, Landon et Dodge se trouvent livrés à eux-mêmes. Après plusieurs jours d’errance, ils découvrent des humains réduits à l’état sauvage avant de comprendre qu’ils sont la proie de chasseurs montés à cheval… Ces...

This book considers Hester Lynch Piozzi as a Welsh writer of Wales, and documents the importance of her decision to build the beautiful Brynbella in north Wales. The Celtic aspects of her early poetry and her later prose works are considered in detail.

This novel represents a key document in the literary representation of India and the imperial debate, profoundly challenging pre-existent discourses of colonialism. -- .

Intended for students and academics involved with literary studies and history, this is an exploration of the British cultural understanding of India. The essays within this collection cover a wide range of topics and are written by a troupe of contributors, including P.J. Marshall, Anne Mellor and Nigel Leask.

D-Day, Beginn der alliierten Invasion in der Normandie. Einer der Befehlshaber ist der amerikanische General Patton, charismatischer Truppenführer und kühner Panzerstratege. Von seinen Freunden bewundert, von den Feinden geachtet, wird er zu einer der wichtigsten Persönlichkeiten des 2. Weltkriegs, als unter den Schlägen der deutschen Ardennenoffensive die amerikanische Front ins Wanken gerät. Durch seine verblüffende Ähnlichkeit und subtile d...

Students and academics involved with literary studies and history will find this exploration of the British cultural understanding of India extremely useful. The essays within this collection cover a wide range of topics and are written by an impressive troupe of contributors including P.J. Marshall, Anne Mellor and Nigel Leask.

Despite the significant ongoing work in the development of new database systems, many of the basic architectural and performance tradeoffs involved in their design have not previously been explored in a systematic manner. The designers of the various systems have adopted a wide range of strategies in areas such as process structure, client-server interaction, concurrency control, transaction management, and memory management. This monograph ...

This edition provides a representative selection of the key works of Sir William Jones (1746-94), one of the foremost Orientalists and intellectual pioneers of his generation. The range of his interests and accomplishments was diverse and this volume provides convenient and reliable points of access to Jones's remarkable work which extended to 13 volumes in the collected edition of 1807 (recently reprinted by Curzon/New York University).

Based on true events, Directive Destiny follows the adventures of a young man, named Jeremiah, as he journeys to mysterious places and ancient times in search of answers to the most fundamental questions of life, love, and spiritual awareness. Guided through heartwarming lessons and thought provoking challenges by a celestial teacher named Joshua, Jeremiah entices us with visions of ancient symbols and teachings from wise mentors and angelic h...

Based on true events, Directive Destiny follows the adventures of a young man, named Jeremiah, as he journeys to mysterious places and ancient times in search of answers to the most fundamental questions of life, love, and spiritual awareness. Guided through heartwarming lessons and thought provoking challenges by a celestial teacher named Joshua, Jeremiah entices us with visions of ancient symbols and teachings from wise mentors and angelic h...

This work is a cross-national examination of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism. The countries studied include Nigeria, Turkey and Japan. Questions explored include whether constitutions must evolve and whether constitutionalism is only a western concept.

This work is a cross-national examination of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism. The countries studied include Nigeria, Turkey and Japan. Questions explored include whether constitutions must evolve and whether constitutionalism is only a western concept.

A major new biography of Sir William Jones (1746-94), the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time. Jones's Sanskrit researches marked the beginning of Indo-European comparative grammar, and modern comparative-historical linguistics, of Indology, and the disciplines of comparative literature, philology, mythology, and law. He did more than any other writer to destroy Eurocentric prejudi...

Despite the significant ongoing work in the development of new database systems, many of the basic architectural and performance tradeoffs involved in their design have not previously been explored in a systematic manner. The designers of the various systems have adopted a wide range of strategies in areas such as process structure, client-server interaction, concurrency control, transaction management, and memory management. This monograph ...